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Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-09-15
A CONFERENCE.
The State Conference Held at
Trenton.

The State Executive Committee OF
the Prohibition party to the NUMBER
of about two hundred met at Trenton,
Sept 9Th. in Masonic Temple. Inc
delegates present from this county
were: D. 0. Frazeur, Bridgeton; N.
Howard Burt, Dividing Creek and
Geo. e. Langley, Millville. Chairman
of the Prohibition Committee Gator
called the meeting to order. Generai
Clinton B. Fisk was made permanent
chairman of the body. DIR. McCloskle,
of Princeton; DR.. Swain, OF Allentown;
Cortlandt Parker, of Perth Amboy,
and Frank G. Smith, OF Brldgeton;
were among the speakers and were
followed by Editor H. w. Wilbur, OF
this city.
Cumberland county, said Mr.. Will
bur, fully intended. to pulverize the
great Republican party this Fall. He
charged that the Republicans were
assistants to the Democrats, AS they
had helped to elect a Democrat United
States Senator last Winter. The vote
last wear. he said, was 1878. They
had good chance to elect a Sherlff
this year. They didn't have much
money, but lots of spunk.
Other gentlemen from the different
counties made interesting reports on
the votes from their balliwacks, and
gave an encouraging air to the Con-
yention. The committee on resolu-
tions then drew up lengthy resolutions
which were adopted.
The -Iai,eIIoc7- Committee repnrted
that the State Executive Committee
had created debt of $1,000 at the
last election. This had been appor-
toned among the counties. Some OF
it has not been paid. The list of de-
linouents was read and many paid up.
After some other business the meet
ing adjourned.
The delegates were highly gratified
over the encouraging reports of those
present, and seemed hopeful that the
party would soon ultimately triumph
over all foes The delegation from
this county arrived home yesterday.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-09-15

mechanics, and all the material pro-
cured at home which it was possible to
manufacture here. We so specified
that the work should be done, because
we believe in patronizing the people
who patroniZe us, and among whom
we live and do business, and to whom
we owe whatever success we have
thus far achieved in life.
Walter Bond, Fred Meyers and
Moses Mulford, three of the best brick
layers in the State, did the brick work.
The pressed brick front was largely
the work of Mr.. Bond, who is a
superior workman. M. w. Applegate,
the well-known marble and blue
stone dealer, furnished the handsome
brown stone trimmings, and laid the
blue stone pavement on the Laurel
street front, the finest in Bridgeton.
Mr.. Albert F. Randolph, the con-
tractor and builder, under whose
the PIONEER Build
ing has been erected, has done the
work in style and manner which
greately rebounds to his credit. He
has used the best material, and en-
gagged the best mechanics, watching
every detail, and more than carrying
out his contract The structure will
be beautiful and enduring monu-
ment to his talent and ability as
master workman. He has the thanks
and good will of MCGOWAN & Nichols,
for the handsome building he has
given us. We are proud of his work,
and proud of the edifice.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-09-15
Should Do So at Once.

A radical change should be made in
the management of the races at the
County Fair, and that too, before the
Fair holds another exhibition. Such
crookedness as was shown in the meet
ing of the Executive Committee makes
it plainly apparent that when men
will stoop to such things as were
perpetrated last week, halt must be
made.
One of the committee made a sug-
gestion yesterday that was plain and
good one. He thought that the sooner
the Society joined the National Trot-
ting Association, the better it would
be for the Fair And so it would.
The people of this community do not
propose to be hoodwinked much
longer. They are tired ol paying sew
enty-fve cents for the privilege Of wit
Messing a race which was made up be-
fore it was started. 1t is very plain to
the thousands of people who witness
| the races, and must be to the judges,
but it goes on year in and year out
and nothing is done. But the latest
development of horsemen forging a
letter for the privilege of starting d
race with but two teams, as reported
in another column, is too fagrant and
another year of such business will
| ruin the races. Now gentlemen, do
something to remedy the evil, and that
| to at once
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-09-15
DONE WITH W. ]. R. R.
Port Norris Trains Not to Run
over The West Jersey.

On Tuesday, Sept. 18th, a change
was made in the running of the trains
to and from Port Norris. Even since
the residents of the Oyster City have
had the privilege of a railroad in that
place they have always connected at
the West Jersey depot in this city,
with trains for Philadelphia. 1t was
said that when the Central syndicate
purchased the road that changes
would be made, but up to the present
time nothing has been done.
Hereafter when the trains arrive in
this city from Port Norris they will
not run over the rails of the West Jer-
sey railroad. Passengers from along
the Port Norris line for this city will
get off at the pretty station on East
Commerce street, and those for Phil
adelphia or other points above US, will
change cars at the Central junction
above More, Jonas & More's glass
works. By this arrangement passen-
gers will be landed at the Vine street
ferry, Camden, twenty minutes later
than if they went over the West Jersey
line The train from Port Norris will
then run down to the Central depot in
this city, and remain until time to
return.
The change is radical one, and is
not hailed with a very great amount
of enthusiasm by the people on the
Port Norris line. One benefit will be
given them, however, and that is a
train of creditable passenger cars. The
cars arrived in this city on Saturday
for the use If the Port Norris train,
and they will prove a great improve
ment over the old ones.
The freight trains will also keep off
the tracks of the West Jersey road.
and will hereafter go over the Central
line and arrive in this city at the
freight depot of the Central Company
on Cohansey street. A through train
will leave Port Norris for the great
markets of the cities. e-
Just what this move is made for is
hard to determine, unless it is for the
purpose of driving the West Jersey
Company into purchasing the road.
The plant is for sale and has been for
some time, but the West Jersey Com
pany does not seem to have made salts
factory arrangements for the consum-
nation of such an act, although it
would undoubtedly be a great benefit
| to the road and the people all along the
route. This move will take consider
able money from the West Jersey, and
it may be that the Company will find
when the change is carried out that
they would be better off to buy the
road, and do so. One thing is certain
and that is the accommodation for the
people would be better than under the
present arrangement, which goes into
effect to-day.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-09-15
A Few Facts.

Said a glassworker that is we'll up in
the figures of his trade to a PIONEER
reporter recently ''You fellows are
all wrong. We don't make the money
YOU think we do. Now let me give
YOU some figures" And this is what
he produced from little book in
which he had been doing vast
amount of figuring: In the United
States there are 1870 window glass
furnaces or /, 100 pots all told. Twenty
four furnaces are located in New Jer-
sey, fourteen in New York, fifty-six in
PENNSYLVANIA and the remainder in
the West. "Now you see," said he,
"when your paper says $4,000 men are
out of work on account of this
strike you fail to connect with facts.
In fact the exact number of~persons
that are effected by this strike are
about 1900 blowers, 4S0 cutters, $50
fiatteners and 200 gatherers. Now as
to the large wages during the past five
years the average season has been
about eight months and the average
rate of wages for the blowers will not
exceed $500, flatteners and cutters $500,
and gatherers $500 Now that is quite
a difference from the $1,400 or $4,000
per annum with trips to the seaside all
Summer. See?" And the reporter did
see, and putting down the figures went
over to Squire Riley's office and
listened to the Squire and City So
lieitor Sheppard tell "reminiscences of
the years when Bridgeton was but
COW pasture.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-09-15
More of Benny's Fibs.

Goldsmith Hall is said to be Ike
Nichols candidate for Assembly in the
First District. Dan Sharp will pay the
funeral expenses MilltaIte Transcript.
The above is one of Benny Elfreth's
little yarns which he is in the habit OF
concocting about this time OF year.
For his benefit we will state that Mr..
Hall is not, and never has been
candidate for Assembly. ''Ike Nichols" )"
Gas the transcripts pleased to call us,)
has no candidate for Assembly, and is
not candidate himself, but as one of
the firm of MCGOWAN & Nichols, he is
a candidate for all the advertising,
subscriptions and job printing, which
the people may see fit to bring us, at
the new Office, No. 10 North Laurel
street.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-09-15

price paid for the hotel and the ground
which Immediately surrounded it was
$33, 600. This business was no sooner
transacted than the property was di-
vided up into building lots, and placed
on the market. Attorney Walter H.
Bacon was given control of the matter
of sale, and he soon negotiated the
entire property, minus that portion
reserved by the Directors of the Cnm-
berland Bank, on which to erect their
new banking house. The first lots
were sold at $4,000 per foot; others
went at $4,000 and $4,000, and the
last at $4,000. This was an astonish-
ing advance, but it was valuable prop
erty, the most valuable in the city and
worth the money. The first building
erected was that of the Hotel Cumber-
land, description of the splendid
edifice having been given in the
PIONEER in May last. Then followed
the new store building of Messrs. Scull
& Kirby, and the Cumberland National
Bank building, the latter the finest
banking institution in the State south
Of Newark. Since then the PIONEER
building has appeared, also a new
building for Mr.. Jacob r. ElweH, the
harness manufacturer, while Messrs.
Ayres e. Milford, clothiers, are closing
up the last vacant spot on the site by
the erection of still another fine build
ing. 1t is estimated that when the lat
ter building is finished, there will have
been placed upon the old corner since
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-09-15
OUR NEW HOME.
Grand improvements on the
Davis House Corner.
What a Year Has Wrought.

The pictures presented in this issue
of the PIONEER are startling i'll their
contrast, because they bring out in
vivid colors the great change which
has taken place on the old Davis
House corner during the twelve months
lust past. On the one hand we have
the old hotel as it stood year ago;
and on the other the new block, COM
posed of the handsomest buildings yet
erected in South Jersey.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-09-15
the improvements began, property to
the value of 100000.

the improvements began, property to
the value of 100000.
THE PIONEER BUILDING.
The first spade of dirt which began
the work for the building of the new
building which is now nearly finished,
was thrown on the 29th of March.
Since then the work has gone on
steadily and substantially, until to-day
(and we say it without egotism), we
are in possession of the handsomest
and best arranged printing establish
ment in the State.
The building is forty feet front on
Laurel street, with depth of eighty
feet. The lot runs through to Cohan-
sey avenue, distance of 1856 feet. The
style of architecture is unique, entirely
different from that of any other struc-
ture in this section. The plans were
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-09-15

ltsis the general impression that the
State Veterinary Surgeons services
are free, but such is not the case, as he
charges $40 per day for them. He
came down on Saturday to see horse,
but it was dead before he got there.
For this service he charged $12. Who
wouldn't be a horse surgeon Cope
N@y Waue.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-09-15
Let Council Act,

"A large number of hacks were
brought to this city during the Fair,
some from as far as Woodstown, and
seriously cut into the business of the
hackmen of this city. This is not as
it should be. Hacks in plenty are to
be found in this city to accommodate
the people upon all occasions, and it is
not right that outside parties should
come here and take from this city the
money that rightfully belongs to the
hackmen of Bridgeton who through
Summers heat and Winters cold, fur
nish accommodation for transportation
to our people. Let Council pass an
an ordinance making such parties pay
a heavy license for such privilege.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-09-15
Wilbur as a Pulverizer.

Mr.. H. W. Wilbur, of the Prohibition
ist, in his remarks at the State Prohi-
bition Conference in Trenton, a few
days since, was very loud in his talk
of what the Prohibitionists proposed
to do in this county at the next
election. Cumberland County," said
Mr.. Wilbur, ''fully intended to pull
verize the great Republican party this
Fall We have noticed that when a
man changes his political coat he is
always unreasonably bitter against
the party with which he was formerly
affiliated. 1t is so in Mr.. Wilbur's case
His predictions are therefore to be
taken at their true value, which is no
value at all. Mr.. Wilbur's contract to
''pulverize the great Republican party
is big one, as he will discover before
he is many months older. We re-
member when he undertook to pull
verize it once before in the Greeley
campaign of '72. After that disaster
Gus venture he was only too glad to
crawl back to Republicanism again,
yea, though he be given but the
crumbs which fell from the Republi-
can table. His history is likely to
repeat itself
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-09-15

The West Jersey Railroad authori-
ties have assured Treasurer James NJ
Cassidy, of the Pitman Grove Associa-
ton, that there is no intention to build
astation near the camp meeting ground
where trains viii stop on Sundays.
Hereafter, Sunday visitors to the camp
will jump off when the train slows up
at Pitman as of yore.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-09-15

The Salem County Convention Of
the w. G. L. u. will be held at Elmer,
in the M. E. Church, on September
goth. An interesting programme has
been prepared, which viii be given
next week. Mrs. Hammer, National
Superintendent of Juvenile Work, will
be present. She will also spend a
week in the county.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-09-15

E. Rosenthal, who has closed out
his business in this city, will stay out
of business for at least year and will
travel through the West for the benefit
of his health. If he finds that the
climate Of the western country bene-
fits him he will settle in business there,
otherwise he will return to Philadel-
phia and open place of business in
that city.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-10-14
THE OCCASION LOST.

A wcman's View Of the Recent COnstttu-
tional Celebration at Philadelphia.
The Centennial observance of the
adoption of the Constitution was a
grand industrial, military and civic
display. In that respect it left moth
ing to be desired. Too much honor
can not be given to the men by whom,
and to the day on which. the fOunda-
ton was laid that made this great
Nation possible.
But it is easier to celebrate great
ness than to achieve l.. This very &C.
casion was most opportune for re-
affirming the principle laid down a
hundred years ago. that the consent
of the governed is the basis OF just
government in its application to gov
erned women, no less than to governed
men.
If the voice of the great multitude.
gathered on the 18th of September. had
been heard for equal human rights IL
respective of sex, it would have been
the beginning of the end of the subjec-
ton of women. Congress would have
felt the force of its affirmation. Every
State legislature would have been in
Guenccd by it, 1t would have marked
an epoch which glad millions would
have honorcd for ever. As the centu-
rics roll by. that day would have been
:: Observed as a.great historic day. But
the occasion was lost The men who
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-10-14
THE WEARY WORLD.

Far down the winding lane o: years
The weary world is slowly vending;
Grim walls Of fate anbgates Of tears
To trembling prayers no answer sending.
Yet through it all sweet spirits call,
Through lonely days Of grief and aching;
Slopes roses blossom on the wall,
To keep the worlds great heart from break
ing
Across the sobbing sea Of doom
The weary world Is slowly drifting;
Eyes wet with tears pierce through the gloom.
Yet see no sign ofreet or rifting.
Still. angels bright from some far height,
Repeat through hours Of weary waking:
Slopes starlight shines through darkest night
TO keep the worlds great heart from break
ing.
Ger troubled waves, by paths Of rue.
Faint souls press toward the land OF pardon,
Burdened with crosses, wet with dew
From chill Gethscma,e's lone garden
Yet to and FRO now loud, now low.
A voice in sweetest music making
Hope, singing on, through pain and VOC,
To keep the worlds great heart from break
ing.
Clarence Lirnsy IL n 7. Nail and Express.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-10-14

told to his old aunt the whole terrible
story. Perhaps the old lady did wrong.
but she felt in her heart that her dear
boy had been punished sufficiently. and
she did not believe that he could ever
again be led into error through the sin
of gambling. After . time she gave
him another check, of which he made
such good and profitable use that at
the end of three years, he was able to
pay back to her the full amount of that
which he had expended in Seeing the
Elephant
We trust the simple sketch may be Of
use to some who read it. May it lead
the stranger in the great city to be on
his guard continually. and never &C
cept the guidance of q man whom he
does not thoroughly understandable
van1s Cob6, Jr., in NJ y Ledger.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-10-14
CATTLE AND DOGS.
How Many Good Farm Animals are Hope
lessly Wrecked.

How Many Good Farm Animals are Hope
lcssly Wrecked.
The majority of farmers think it
very necessary to keep u dog to help
them DIVE the stock. A well-trained
dog may be of some help. but the
largest per cent. of the dogs kept for
this purpose do considerable more
harm than good. Not being under
your control to any considerable ex-
tent. and, we'll started after stock, it
is more trouble to stop them and get
them to let the stock alone than it
would have been to have driven the
stock yourself, and this. too, without
taking into consideration the damage
done to the stock.
On many farms the cows are allowed
the run of the pasture, and ut night it
very often devolves upon the boy Of
the farm to drive them to be MIXED.
Mounted upon a horse, and accom-
panied by the necessary dog, the cows
are hurried home on the run as rapidly
as possible, the boy alternately urging
the dog. his horse and the cattle by
whooping and yelling. often aided in
his work with good stick which he
has learned to use mot wisely but too
WELL" Leaving out the other many
risks of injuring the stock from vari-
Gus causes, this one injury to the
cows and their milk ought to
be sufficient to induce change.
1t is surely bad enough to
worry the other stock with, in many
cases, a useless dog, but to drive the
cows. with their wellflled udders of
milk, home on run with barking,
biting dog at their heels TO add to their
excitement and worry, is certainly
cruel as well as injurious, and it is not
only the animal but also the product
that is affected. Not only the quality
but the quantity is affected, so much so
that often it is not fit to use or to be
manufactured into butter or cheese.
Such milk is not good for the calves or
to be used in the family. and when We
consider that this is wholly uncalled for
and could easily be avoided it would
certainly seem advisable to discon-
tinue it
Then in addition we must consider
the loss of flesh that must be occasiOned
from unnecessary running and beating
MP. Since COWS of an easy excitablo
nature will gradually get into such q
condition that the sight of dog will
needlessly excite them. the boy and the
horse are bad enough without the dog.
In fact. stock ought not to be driven
faster than walk at any time. and tia
,oilch cows more especially so than any
thing else. Treat them kind and when
driving be careful not to hurry them
out Of q walk.-PlGnter and St0cSMGH>
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-10-14

celebrated the great deed Of deaA
heroes on the 18th Of September Left
no great deed Of their own to be cele-
brated now or hereafter
But now great was the need! To.
day every male rufiian out of prison 10
entitled to vote. The burglar or the
incendiary serves his sentence and
comes 10 the polls with an unques-
toned right to cast his ballot Tho
man who pounded his wife. broke her
nose. tore her hair. and put out her
eyes with an awl was sentenced by .
New York court to only nine months
Imprisonment He will come out Of
prison and vote for legislators who
will be lenie1t to wife-beaters. She
will wander with blinded eyes. power
less to protect herself, and with no
adequate protection by law. The men
who commit indecent assaults upon
women and little girls vote. as in Della
ware. to limit the age of protection for
female children to seven years. The
heartbroken mothers may wiring their
hands in helpless agony, but the pow
or for protection which is in the ballot
is denied to them.
But more than any personal wrongs
is the danger to the public welfare
which comes by the exercise of political
power by vast classes of irresponsible
and wicked men. while there is no
adequate moral power to Offset or
counterbalance it. Men have had this
Government all to themselves a hun
dred years. The respect for law and
order with which they began has
grown less and less. The peace and
safety of all our cities are menaced.
and the integrity of the Government
itself is put in peril by the increase Of
political corruption and intrigue. Of
vice and crime, and every species Of
lawlessness. Men who desire a right
condition of things are powerless.
The one thing left to oppose these
growing evils which has not been
tried is political power in the hands Of
women.
The opportunity came at Philadel-
phia to add the force of that great as.
sembly in favor of the ballot for women
and it was lost!-Lucy Stone. in
WOmdns's Journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-10-14

~Ali Communications for this papss
should be accompanied by the name OF the
as an evidence of good faith on the part of
the writer. Write only on one side of the
paper. Be particularly careful in giving
tues niP:n end distinct
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-10-14
.Jobn Monroe Driver, a well-to

John Monroe Driver. a well-to-do
young farmer Of Stockton. CAL. with
the assistance of two friends. stole his
eighteen-year-old sweetheart away
from the washtub at her fathers house.
outspeeded the pursuers to town. and
was married by a justice of the peace
before the indignant father and uncle
arrived
The Progress., 1887-12-17
. PREJUDIC|AL VAGARIE9! !!

It seems uncreditable that such
abortive assumption of prejudicial
sentimentality on an imagineary
conception Of state Of existing
conditions, as is porported in the
following article from the Duluth
Herald in reference to the Red
Lake reservation, should be in
dulged in by the journalists Of to-
day, and is beftting only the cheap
yaporing Of the writer's Of "dime
novels etc. We reproduce it in
the columns of The Progress to
give it's readers an opportunity of
Judging how little some people
really know Of what they talk and
write about at times; and that
after all, when such gush is boiled
down, one can not fail to discern